Voices of Salvation/救亡之声/Voces de Salvación/صوت الخلاص/Stimmen der Erlösung/मोक्ष की आवाज

I am a non-denominational Christian. It took me so many years of spiritual struggle to realize that is who I am. I was born into a Roman Catholic family, going to Sunday school, lighting candles and praying to the Saints in church. I however never had the honor of doing my first communion, or confessing my sins to the father. At the start of my formative years, I was whisked away from South of the Border to the City by the Lake. It was here in the good Old U.S. of A where I was exposed to a pluralism of religions. And for a boy such as myself, that is when my tumultuous times began. Would I remain a Catholic, or become Baptist? Would I be Protestant? Evangelical? Or would I join the Jehovah's Witnesses? In the end I could not agree with many of their contradictory teachings. Also, how could any Christian believe that his or her denomination is better than the other? Why to me it sounded almost blasphemous. Beyond arrogance. What was I to do? I was always searching for...

In one of my earlier posts I blogged how how God had healed my mom of cancer. Within this tumultuous time I read the Bible, looking for an answer because I knew in my spirit that the Bible was the only place were I could find the answer to tap into the power of God. Soon enough I came to this realization--- a person that believes in God through Jesus Christ, has the power of the entire universe at the tip of their fingers! Imagine that if you can. The same power that made the heavens and the earth. The same power to build and destroy. The same power that moves every quark within the tiniest of elements to the largest of objects. It is this same power that can heal and create life. The same power of resurrection. This is incredible power no one can phantom! And to think that all Christians have access to this power is even more unbelievable!! What a gift! And to use it, all we have to do is believe and ask. When I had realized this 'lo and behold, a miracle had occurred. I...